Providence Lithograph Company Records Providence Lithograph Company Records 1880-1975

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Providence Lithograph Company Records Providence Lithograph Company Records 1880-1975

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RHi-mss1028&view=title

This collection includes correspondence, contracts, agreements, and reference files on individual artists. The bulk of the materials relate to the company’s efforts to secure rights to artwork and to printing orders generated by religious groups. Of note is a folder of correspondence with watercolor artist Newell C. Wyeth (1882-1945) regarding worked commissioned from him.

5 linear feet

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Rhode Island Historical Society Library

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Gorham, John, 1820-1898.

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Gorham, Jabez, 1792-1869.

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Hassenfeld Brothers, Inc. (Pawtucket, R.I.)

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Citizens Bank (Providence, R.I.)

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Ode, Randolph T., 1877-1967

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Gorham Manufacturing Company

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After President Harding died in 1923, a campaign was launched among newsboys to donate pennies to be melted down to make a statue in honor of Laddie Boy (now housed at the Smithsonian Institute). Metal left over was made into small figurines such as this one. From the description of Figurine [realia]. 1921 (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 694405025 ...

Harris, Jabez G., 1853-1928

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Harris, Amanda (Gorham)

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Harris, Jones & Co. (Providence, R.I.)

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Wyeth, N.C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945

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American painter, illustrator, muralist; 1902, studies with Howard Pyle, in Wilmington, Del.; settles permanently at Chadds Ford, Pa., in 1908. From the description of N.C. Wyeth papers, 1904-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 230727181 American artist. From the description of Letters, 1929 Nov. 26-1933 Nov. 6, Chadds Ford, Penn., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904360 Painter; Chadd's Ford, Pa. From the ...

Providence Lithograph Company

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The Providence partnership of Harris & Jones entered into business as commercial lithographers in 1868, and became the Providence Lithograph Company circa 1875. In 1878, the firm began to emphasize religious lesson material for Sunday schools, and grew to become the leading printers of Sunday School lesson material in the country. Most of their work was done directly for the educational and publishing wings of the larger Protestant denominations. They also published periodicals and a small numbe...

Gorham, Amey (Thurber), d. 1820

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